Expedition 40/41 crew members dressed in their Russian Sokol suits

Expedition 40/41 flight engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (left), Soyuz commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (center) and flight engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA (right), dressed in their Russian Sokol suits, ready for launch to the International Space Station, on 28 May 2014 from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.

Gerst, Suraev and Wiseman, will live and work in space for the next six months.